We are getting low on these items needed for the troops:

 

Ø      Postage Stamps & Donations

Ø      Phone Cards

Ø      Black Ink Pens

Ø      Zip-lock Bags

Ø      Travel Games

Ø      Playing Cards

Ø      Sudokus & Word Searches

Ø      Current DVDs and CDs

Ø      Drink Mix On the Go

Ø      Single-serving Coffee

Ø      Single-serving Cocoa

Ø      Soft Prepackaged Cookies

Ø      Snack-sized Nuts

Ø      Snack-sized Dried Fruit

Ø      Slim Jims

Ø      Gum (No Mint)

Ø      Pocket Hand & Foot Warmers

Ø      Long, Thick Black Socks

Ø      Travel-sized Baby Wipes

Ø      Blistex & Carmex Lip Balm

Ø      Travel-sized Hand Sanitizer

Ø      African Americ Hair Products

Ø      Men's Razors

 

Thank you to those of you who made Operation Bags of Love™ a huge success!  With your help, we were able to serve several thousand troops with this campaign.  Please visit our photo page for pictures from some of the service members who received the bags.

 

April 1-July 1, 2008 Operation Sunscreen™ – Valerie Brutti and Karla Italiano, Mary Kay Directors, have teamed up with Operation Stars & Stripes, Inc. to launch Operation Sunscreen.  We hope that you will help the troops protect their skin during the hot summer months, as they protect us!  We will be happy to help you locate a participating Mary Kay representative.  For more information on how your troop can participate in Operation Sunscreen or to locate a participating Mary Kay representative, please contact us by phone at (770) 509-1156 or by e-mail at InfoOSS@aol.com.

 

No time for shopping for items?  We will do the shopping and mailing for you.  Please visit our online care package catalog link  to sponsor a care package for the troops!  If you prefer, you may call us with your care package requests or send them with a check to the address below.  Please make checks payable to Operation Stars & Stripes, Inc.  The value of the sponsored packages is equal to or greater than the donation amount requested. 

Operation Stars & Stripes, Inc.
483 Old Canton Road, Suite 100
Marietta, Georgia 30068

Feb 20, 2008 – “These bags were the best. Most people, like myself, didn’t receive a valentines from anywhere else. So these were real special, the workmanship, second to none. Thank you very much for including my unit and myself on your list.”  Carolyn

 

Feb 23, 2008 – “We work alongside our NATO counterparts in Afghanistan, and it always comes as a surprise to them how much support the US troops receive from home. I believe that they are envious of the fact that complete strangers are willing to work so hard to make us feel so appreciated. Your organization shows the kindness and generosity that makes America such a unique and wonderful place.”  Kabul, Afghanistan

 

"We were overwhelmed by the support received.  You sent so many stockings over here that everybody in my command received a stocking, then any extras were passed out at the Christmas dinner.  The stockings were gone in no time.  People kept saying thank you and were very excited to receive a stocking.  You don't know the kind of impact you had on us over here.  We can never thank you enough for making our Christmas wonderful." -- Steve H.

 

To view more letters from troops supported by Operation Stars & Stripes, Inc., please click here.